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Nigeria has been ranked the country with the fourth most mobile subscriptions in the world

The first quarter of 2018 saw the addition of 98 million new subscriptions, with China, India, Indonesia, Nigeria and Bangladesh leading the pack.

A multinational networking and Telecommunications company, Ericsson, revealed this on Friday, June 15, 2018, in its June 2018 global mobility report for the first quarter of the year.

In the report, there are around 5.3 billion subscribers globally compared to 7.9 billion subscriptions.

The number of mobile subscriptions grew at 4% year-on-year, reaching 7.9 billion in Q1 of 2018.

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Top 5 countries with highest mobile subscriptions:

1. China had the most net additions during the quarter (+53 million)

2. India (+16 million)

3. Indonesia (+6 million)

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4. Nigeria (+3 million) and

5. Bangladesh (+2 million).

The first quarter of 2018 saw the addition of 98 million new subscriptions, with China, India, Indonesia, Nigeria and Bangladesh leading the pack, the report said.

Ericsson’s mobility report also forecast that there would be 8.9 billion mobile subscriptions by the end of 2023 globally.

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